Seiko Light Oak Traditional Schoolhouse Wall Clock with Chime & Pendulum

The clock arrived last week and we are extremely pleased. Looks nice, built from solid wood, nothing "cheap" about it. No assembly required. Just take it out of the box, hook on the pendulum, and hang it up. BATTERY - One "C" battery drives everything -- clock movement, chime, and pendulum. Supposed to last up to a year. April 2017 Update -- The "C" Battery that came with the clock is STILL RUNNING after 15 months. The CHIME is the main battery drain, not the clock or the flimsy dummy pendulum. My Chime LOUDNESS is set Mid-Way - a louder Chime uses the battery up faster. PENDULUM - Cosmetic only. Swings back and forth (battery-driven) for appearance, but is unrelated to the clock's timekeeping. CHIIME - Every quarter-hour. Adjusts with a volume control, and quieter probably results in a longer battery life. Chime sounds very nice but is not fantastically "rich", which is to be expected for a small clock such as this. I also have a Grandfather Clock with a REAL chime, which is tough to reproduce electronically. Giving a 10 to the Grandfather clock, I'd rate the Seiko chime as a 7. ACCESS - Nothing in front opens - not the glass over the clock face nor the transparent panel down over the pendulum area. All controls are on the back - chime selection, chime loudness, and clock time setting. The pendulum gradually starts by itself. INSTALLATION - The clock comes with a small metal eye loop at the top rear, which I've attached to a sturdy picture hanger to support the clock - nothing else. [ With the clock in place, the eye loop is not visible.] They send you a screw for supplementary attachment somewhere below, but I haven't used it. This way, I can easily lift the clock off-and-on to make adjustments in the back. By being supported only at the top, you can swing the bottom back-and forth to help start the pendulum and get the clock exactly vertical so the pendulum swing is symmetrical (right-to-left)..

I really like this clock. The clock looks and sounds great, it is not to loud and it goes off every 15 minutes, and the chimes goes off at night. The clock is well made and keeps really good time. The clock size is just right for your wall. I would recommend it.

This clock is great. Some people say the sound is not that good but I think the rings and music before the rings is very soothing. You can not have the volume all the way up or it does not sound right. You need to set it around 5 and it is very good. Keeps perfect time once you get it set exact, So far this clock meets all expectations and really exceeds them for the price you pay. It looks great. The major problem with the clock is that all the controls and settings are in the back of the clock. You have to remove a back plate to get at them. I wanted to get it exact to the second and the only way you can do that is pull the battery out (slightly on the top) and watch another clock hit the exact hour you have set and push the battery back in as fast as possible. Setting the hands is hard because the dial to set the hours is very small and hard to move so you can not get an exact time setting without pulling the top of the battery out and pushing it back in when the time hits what you have on the clock. But once you get it exact it does not lose any time. I give the clock 5 stars because the sound and time is great. I would drop it down because of the controls but once you have the clock set to the exact time and sound you want in terms of the volume you should not need to get at those controls until you need to change the time for daylight savings. Once again at that point you will need to go through the time setting tipping the battery out for a few seconds to get the exact time.

Very pleased with the looks. We hope that it continues working for a very long time.

Nice looking clock. Time retention is excellent. Clock face is perfect size any easy to read. The chimes volume is adjustable, and can be turned off, and selectable between two different versions. I would consider using a different screw to mount with. The one that came with the clock head stripped when trying to back out some to account for the distance from the back of the clock to the mounting hardware.

This clock is very attractive and the mix I wanted: octagonal frame, roman numerals on the clock face, a pendulum, dainty hands, and chimes. We replaced a very similar looking old plastic clock with this one. The Seiko clock has a glass face, so there is some reflection on it from other lighting in the room. The clock uses one C battery that is included. The clock face has a white, rather than antique looking background, so the picture is accurate. The color is a little darker than it showed on my computer screen, but I was happy with it. As other reviewers have stated, the volume knob is accessed by removing the back, as is the time knob. This makes getting it adjusted and back on the wall without losing time a little tricky. The biggest problem I have is with the chimes. I have adjusted them probably 8 times in the week I have had it. Because I sleep in the room it is in, I can't have loud chiming at 5:45 a.m. I have not found a chime adjustment yet that is audible yet soft enough I can sleep through it, but I will keep adjusting until I do. The chime is off from 11 p.m. until 5:45 a.m. Because it is so hard to see, it's difficult to tell where you are moving either adjustment to. I don't know who decided to make everything black on the knobs where you can barely see what you are doing, but that is something that manufacturer should remedy. It's not seen otherwise, so no need for it to be so hard to work with! Oh, I should mention that I anxiously met FEDEX at the door when they brought the clock, fearing they would toss it down on the porch, and was happy to be home at that time. But the clock was well packaged and protected. It couldn't survive crushing, but for ordinary transport it was well protected and would have survived a toss. There were various pieces that were taped (I think I remember removing one twist tie, not sure) but it was still pretty easy to assemble. Save your box and packaging in case there is any problem so you can ship it back since it is so perfect for the clock, but it's not likely you will have a problem.

Awesome clock with great sound and keeps time spot on . Could afford a wind up clock this is perfect Lots of compliments

We looked for, found, and purchased this schoolhouse clock to replace the Elgin Schoolhouse clock we owned for almost 40 years. (The old clock’s chimes became out of sync with the time; had it fixed; the fix lasted a few months and it happened again. We lived with the problem for a while until the battery died. Replaced the battery nad it got worse - time to replace) It took a little time to get used to the quarter hour chime, but after a month it is fun to start to hear the chime and guess which quarter hour it is. The time is keeping perfect, the chimes are spot on. Have not listened to the other chime set because the Westminster chimes are what we were used to. The case is a beautiful medium dark oak and looks beautiful on our wall. (Most of the cases of other clocks we shopped were woodlook plastic- yuk). I did not have to move the screw that held the old clock, just turned it out a few turns because of the setback of the hanger on the back of this case. From prior reviews, I determined to play with the volume setting before hanging to get a volume that was not too loud nor not too soft. At first, my wife thought it was too loud, but after a week she said it was perfect. So far we are loving the clock.

The sound is amazing a perfect bell, so realistic great tone not tinny I recommend this piece.

I've revised my rating down to 2*. It's a lovely clock but not the quality I was expecting for £316, nor the Light Oak colour of wood. But what makes me sick is days after paying £316 on Amazon I saw its price was now £275, and I've since found it elsewhere for as little as £199. In my estimation, I think this clock is about £200-250 worth

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Very good Quality and made of pure wood working 💪